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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Clerk’s Tale, how does the king's charade end?
(a) The king marries his daughter.
(b) His wife dies of heartache.
(c) His wife is kidnapped by an enemy king.
(d) The king confesses that it was all a test.

2. Where are the Syrian merchants when they hear of Lady Constance?
(a) Milan.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

3. Why does the Reeve feel the way he does about the Miller's Tale?
(a) He was once an astronomy student.
(b) He was once a carpenter.
(c) He was once a parish clerk.
(d) He remembers the event from a town he once lived in.

4. What is the name of the king in the Clerk's Tale?
(a) Edmund.
(b) Roger.
(c) Walter.
(d) Francis.

5. What is the Cook's name?
(a) Geoffrey.
(b) Luke.
(c) Roger.
(d) He is not named.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Thomas give the friar and his brothers?

2. What does the Squire ask to be excused for?

3. Who asks the Squire for the next tale?

4. What does the king in the Clerk’s Tale forge in order to pretend to be free from his wife?

5. Why does the king in the Squire’s Tale order a celebration?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the knight's quest to find what women most desire?

2. What is the basis of the Reeve's story? Why is this the basis for the story?

3. What makes the friar in the Summoner's Tale corrupt?

4. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

5. Why are Palamon and Arcite jealous of each other when Arcite is released from the tower?

6. How do the townspeople react to the situation after John crashes through the ceiling?

7. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

8. Why can there be no real determination of the outcome of the Cook's Tale?

9. Why does the Narrator tell the Miller's Tale despite his concern of its vulgarity?

10. Why does the Host come up with the storytelling contest?

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